Crack down on Facebook and Google or risk rogue states ‘weaponising’ internet, says World Wide Web inventor

The inventor wants to take back the web from the tech giants before it's too late

By Saqib Shah

12th March 2018, 11:08 am

Updated: 12th March 2018, 12:52 pm

SIR Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, is calling for tech giants to be regulated to prevent the internet from being "weaponised at scale".

In an open letter to mark the web's 29th birthday, Berners-Lee warned that "power is concentrated" among just a few companies – including Facebook and Google – whose platforms can be manipulated by nefarious forces.